The revolution in technology over the last twenty years has made the world a far less stable place, with events and information travelling at a speed unheard of in the last century. This has presented enormous political challenges around the globe with societies more volatile and potentially dangerous than at any time since the Cold War. Our political leaders can no longer promote isolationists policies and need to adapt to many different dimensions from a changing environment to radical extremism. Members of society can no longer opt out of the political debate: listening to former and current politicians who have operated on the global stage is a good way to understand some of the debates and contribute to them.
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Abhisit VejjajivaPrime Minister of Thailand (2008-2011)
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Rafidah AzizMalaysia's Longest Serving Minister of International Trade and Industry; Former Chairman of AirAsia X
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Helen ClarkFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017 & Co-Chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Nassim Nicholas TalebBusinessman-trader, philosophical essayist and academic researcher
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Kylie Moore-GilbertBritish-Australian academic and writer, and former Iran hostage
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Jason SchenkerFinancial Market Futurist
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H.E. Jusuf KallaVice President of Indonesia (2004–2009; 2014–2019)
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Anindya GhoseGlobal Expert On The Mobile Economy
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Paul JohnsonDirector of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK’s leading economic research institute; Board member of the Climate Change Committee, of the Office of Tax Simplification, and of the Banking Standards Board
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Professor Benjamin HortonDirector, Earth Observatory of Singapore Professor, ASEAN School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Jim RogersGlobal Investment Guru
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Sir Iain Duncan SmithFormer Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2010 -2016
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Michael HirsonChina expert and Director at Eurasia Group
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Dr. Maha Hosain AzizNYU Professor and Author Focused on Global Risk & Prediction; Risk & Prediction Risk Expert in the 2020-2021 Global Future Council on Frontier Risks at the World Economic Forum; Author of Future World Order, Global Spring and The Global Kid
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Maik KlotzFinTech, Banking and Payment Expert; Co-founder of Paymentbanking.com, An Award-winning Financial Blog in Germany
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Huw van SteenisSenior Advisor to the Chief Executive and Founding Chair of the Sustainable Finance Steering Committee of UBS; Senior Advisor to Mark Carney on Climate Finance and Fintech; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Finance
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John DefteriosFormer CNN Business Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
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Mahathir MohamadFormer Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981-2003; 2018-20)
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Michael DobbsFormer Chief of Staff and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and best-selling author of 'House of Cards'
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Prof. Lawrence J. LauVice-Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Member of the Executive Council of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2009-2012) & Former Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited
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Steven N. S. CheungEconomist specialising in transaction costs and property rights
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Kiran Mazumdar ShawChairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited
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Nick CleggFormer Deputy Prime Minister and Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications, Facebook
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Pavan SukhdevFormer Special Adviser and Head of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative
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Claire O’NeillRecent UK Climate and Energy Minister
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Gro Harlem BrundtlandFirst Female Prime Minister of Norway & Mother of Sustainability
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Tom LoosemoreFounder of UK's Government Digital Service
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Ilaria CapuaVirologist and Former Italian Politician